CVE-2017-16529 (NVD)

2017-11-04

The snd_usb_create_streams function in sound/usb/card.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Products Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux, Linux_kernel
Type Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
First patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bfc81a8bc18e3c4ba0cbaa7666ff76be2f998991
Relevant file/s ./sound/usb/card.c (modified, +20)
Links • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103284
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/rDzv5RP_f2M/M5au06qmAwAJ
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

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